Never was there a tender so beautiful, faithful, and worthy of a man’s love Issue 39 : Nov/Dec 2004 I began construction of my first cruising sailboat, Fishers Hornpipe, in 1974, in Half Moon Bay, Cal...
A designer compares four sturdy, solidly performing cruising yachts Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The four yachts under discussion here cover a 14-year design period, from the 1970 Endeavour to the 1984 Cre...
Combining character with space and elegant comfort Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 We first saw Zephyr in Sapodilla Bay in the Turks and Caicos, noting her size more than her appearance. My wife, Olga, and I ...
A handsome and stoutly built offering from Canada Issue 40 : Jan/Feb 2005 The Canadian Sailcraft 36 is one of the best-built boats I have yet sailed. That it is underappreciated is evidenced by the fa...
The patented hull gives this boat “space appeal” Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 Reinell Boat Works of Marysville, Washington, specialized in fine lapstrake and carvel-planked fishing and pleasure boats from ...
A designer’s view of Trina and her offspring Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 BILL SHAW’S SWEET LITTLE TRINA HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF MY favorite small yacht designs. From her yawl rig to her keel/centerboard hull...
A whole pod of Dolphins continues to delight Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 It was the mid-1950s. Enter Bill Shaw, the man who later designed a great many of Pearson Yachts’ fi nest and was at that fi rm’s h...
Comparing a classic bluewater cruiser with three rivals Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The Bob Perry-designed Tayana 37 has long been considered one of the classic bluewater cruisers in her size range, as ha...
A class that owes much to an energetic owners’ group Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The Tayana Owners’ Group (TOG) is a diverse, energetic, and passionate group of sailors of Tayana, CT, and Vancouver sailbo...
A classic performance cruiser, with the emphasis on performance Issue 41 : Mar/Apr 2005 The year was 1961 when George Cuthbertson, a mechanical engineer, and George Cassian, an aircraft designer, got ...
A trailerable pocket cruiser from a legendary designer Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 In the late 1960s, we owned one of the first Rhodes 22 sailboats manufactured by General Boats Corporation. We sailed our...
A fairly rare coastal cruiser with an intriguing layout Issue 42 : May/Jun 2005 A Chinese immigrant by the name of Ti Ouyang is the man responsible for the creation and success of Ouyang Boat Works of...
A designer compares four classic coastal cruisers Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 The Bristol 29.9 and three similar yachts examined here were designed during the 1970s as coastal cruisers and club racers. I ...
Ongoing makeover for a Halsey Herreshoff racer/cruiser Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 Memory fails. Mike and Nancy Serozi can remember the highlights of their life together, of course. There were two sons, R...
Beautifully restored daysailer takes to salt water Issue 43 : Jul/Aug 2005 The drive from my home in Wales across old Somerset and Dorset had taken me through an England as one imagines it: my trusty ...
A many-faceted boat known by many names Issue 44: Sept/Oct 2005 EVER HAVE ONE OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS during which you wonder if you and other participants are speaking the same language or discussing ...
A blend of functionality and traditional yacht design Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Nearly three decades ago, in a warehouse near the Miami, Florida, airport, Nicholas Hake began his boatbuilding business. ...
A pedigreed and still-successful racer/cruiser from the 1970s Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 Douglass & McLeod, Inc. of Grand River, Ohio, was the partnership formed by Gordon (Sandy) Douglass and Raymon...
It’s a classic beauty, but plenty tough Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 I didn’t feel it fair to compare the Cape Dory 25 to today’s fin-keel/spade-rudder offerings, so I included the venerable Fo...
Like its distinguished owner, this boat makes stirring melodies Issue 45 : Nov/Dec 2005 What does a Cape Dory 25 have in common with a cello? For starters, they are both simple, strong, classic, beaut...
An unconventional catboat with the advantages of small size Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Allow me to interject an opinion in search of a premise: it is easier to travel from the cockpit to the bow on a 25-...
Built for comfort with Robert Perry performance Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 If you and your spouse have ever designed and built a house (one of the few activities that rivals a married couple trying to an...
A shoal-draft schooner for family cruising Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Finding three similar boats for comparison purposes is never simple, but finding three to compare with a keel/centerboard schooner wa...
He’s a jack of all trades and master of most Issue 46 : Jan/Feb 2006 Renaissance man was not a term in use when Good Old Boat contributing editor Don Launer was growing up prior to World War II. It wa...
Certainly not twins, the 33 and 36 share characteristics Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 Our subjects are two sloops manufactured by the Columbia Yacht Company during its heyday in the 1960s when it was the p...
This late ‘70s fast coastal cruiser has a pedigreed design Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 The Seafarer 30 was designed by Jim McCurdy and Bodie Rhodes and was sold from 1979 through 1985. This performance-or...
Four very similar 30-footers Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 I try to select similar boats for my comparisons, but this time I seem to have selected four peas from the same pod. There certainly are more simil...
A classic plastic racer/cruiser with looks to turn your head Issue 47 : Mar/Apr 2006 Magic. We drove east to witness the magic touch, but instead we were treated to a love story. It wasn’t a bad trade...
This beamy, home-built 12-footer is still going strong Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 All during the long, clear california summer, the rising sun heats the rich black soils of the Golden State’s vast centra...
An affordable coastal cruiser in three editions Issue 48 : May/Jun 2006 During the 1960s and ’70s, Southern California was home to the world’s largest builders of fiberglass sailboats. While Columbia,...
